Lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in covid-19
<p>Studies in mild-to-moderate cases as well as severe disease leave us still searching for a magic pill. (Editorial)
BMJ
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Why are women dying in India’s sterilisation camps?
<p>Far from offering suitable birth control methods to men and women at different points in their lives, India’s programme focuses on female tubectomy carried out in substandard camps.</p> <p><strong><a
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Ebola in an unprepared Africa
The 2 year old boy who died in December 2013 in Gueckedou, Guinea, is considered the index case of the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by the Zaire species. Up until 2014, the disease was
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Mild hypertension in people at low risk
Measurement of blood pressure is an iconic part of modern medicine. Over the past century, life insurers, public health organisations, and prospective studies, including the Framingham Heart Study, have
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Effect of implementation of the mass breast cancer screening programme in older women in the Netherlands: population based study
Breast cancer is the largest contributor to cancer incidence and cancer mortality in women worldwide. As people in Western societies are living longer, there will be an increase in the proportion of older
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Government health insurance for people below poverty line in India: quasi-experimental evaluation of insurance and health outcomes
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of a government insurance program covering tertiary care for people below the poverty line in Karnataka, India, on out-of-pocket expenditures, hospital
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Residential exposure to aircraft noise and hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases: multi-airport retrospective study
People who live close to an airport and are exposed to constant loud aircraft noise may face an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to this new study published in the latest edition of British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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Direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs
Are there public health consequences when regulators turn a blind eye to cross border advertising that contravenes national laws? Although Canada prohibits direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs, no steps are taken to prevent US advertising from reaching the Canadian public. The linked study by Law and colleagues (doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1055), provides compelling evidence that this does have consequences for public health and of the need for better regulatory oversight. (Editorial)
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Effect of illicit direct to consumer advertising on use of etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod in Canada
<p>The objective of the study was to assess the impact of direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs in the United States on Canadian prescribing rates for three heavily marketed drugs—etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a1055" target="_blank"><strong>Original Source</strong></a></p>